Joseph John Pullman (19 June 1876 – July 1955) was a

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international

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forward who played club rugby for

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and the

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. He won a single cap for

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in the

1910 Five Nations Championship The 1910 Five Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the twenty-eigh ...

against France.

Rugby career

Pullman played the majority of his rugby for Neath and was elected first team captain for the 1914/15 season. In March 1908 he joined the Glamorgan Constabulary, where he eventually became a sergeant, and also turned out for the Glamorgan Constabulary rugby union team. On 1 January 1910, Pullman was selected for his one and only international appearance for Wales in the

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encounter with

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. Pullman joined an experienced Wales team as a forward, with he and Bridgend's

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as the only two new caps. The game was the first ever Five Nations Championship match, and the first time France had entered the tournament. Captained by

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, Wales dominated a hapless French team scoring ten tries in a 49-14 victory. Despite the victory Pullman was not reselected for the next game of the tournament and never represented Wales again.

International matches played

Wales * 1910

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References

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